quieting Smith-Hall quieting (s.): plācātio (and -men) sēdātio (and -men), etc.: v. CALMING. PACIFYING: SOOTHING: e. g. moerendi sedatio, Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 65: animi sed., id. Fin. 1, 19, fin.: perturbationum animi sed., Cic. Off. 1, 27.